Now Hansen is hoping to take advantage of the chatter to start a conversation about why some parts of sexuality are so taboo, particularly in North America. Once people heard about the story though, they started talking. “I (signed) it because I didn’t want to create more drama for them that would end up coming out in a different way, making it even harder for me to get another job as a ballet dancer.” “It was an easy way for them to get out of it, asking me to sign … a paper that I withdraw out of the program,” he told the Winnipeg Sun.
Manage Print Subscription / Tax ReceiptĪ dancer asked to leave the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s school two months ago says he doesn’t have hard feelings - he understands why they took issue with his moonlighting in gay pornography.īut Jeppe Hansen, 22, now an adult model and dancer in New York City, says the way he was asked to leave the professional school - quietly and without discussion - does rankle a bit.
